ICYMI: Special Master Gets Involved In Redistricting

A panel of three federal judges ordered a “special master” to interject in the state’s redistricting process for Congressional lines, ordering the Legislature to submit their proposed Congressional districts to U.S. Magistrate Roanne Mann by tomorrow.

Mann, who was officially named special master yesterday, will consider Congressional lines from lawmakers and Common Cause New York as she puts together her own map. This year, New York’s Congressional delegation will be reduced by two, from 29 to 27.

LATFOR, the Legislature’s redistricting task force controlled by Senate Republicans and Assembly Democrats, hasn’t been able to come to an agreement on Congressional lines at this point. If they can’t agree by Wednesday, the two legislative majorities could submit separate proposals to the court.

Here are the minutes from yesterday’s conference with the panel of federal judges: